Jira Autolink Plugin
Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Data Center platform.
Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
This material on this page is related to a plugin which is not directly supported by Atlassian. See Atlassian Supported Plugins for more information.
Solution
Purpose of this article
AutoLink Plugin is a plugin for Jira which is provided by Atlassian Lab, and which automatically creates Issue Links.
The purpose of this article is to explain how this plugin works and what is does.
Environment
Jira Server/Data Center on any version from 8.20.0
Plugin functionality explanation
When AutoLink finds issue key in issue's summary, description or comment, it creates link between this issue and the issue with corresponding issue key.
User mentions an issue in a comment, summary or a description.
Link to a mentioned issue is automatically created and is visible under the Issue Links → mentions section.
When viewing the mentioned issue it's visible in which issues it was mentioned under the Issue Links → is mentioned by section.
If the project key is removed from the comment, summary or description, then the Issue Link is also automatically deleted.
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